JOHN BLEASDALE

A man in his 80s has been jailed after he was found guilty of sexually abusing a young girl more than three decades ago.

John Bleasdale was reported to police two years ago for abusing a girl in the 1990s.

During the investigation, the victim revealed a string of assaults committed by Bleasdale, who had been trusted to look after her at a family address in Bulwell.

The victim gave a compelling testimony about the abuse, which started when she was too young to understand what was happening.

Bleasdale, aged 82, of Paskeston Lane, Milton, Pembrokeshire, denied all the allegations against him but was found guilty by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court of two counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 16 between 1991 and 1998.

Appearing at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday (24 July), he was jailed for a total of four years.

He was further handed a lifetime restraining order and Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which prohibits him from being in a residence with females aged under 16.